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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Movie (1949)

"A singing mechanic from 1912 finds himself in Arthurian Britain."

Hank Martin (Bing Crosby), an American mechanic, is knocked out and wakes up in the land of King Arthur. Here he finds romance with Alisande La Carteloise (nicknamed Sandy) played by Rhonda Fleming, and friendship with Sir Sagramore (nicknamed Clarence) played by William Bendix, and King Arthur played by Cedric Hardwicke as a semi-perpetual, cold-in-the-nose invalid. But unfortunately, the heroic Hank ...

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Released:	Apr 22nd, 1949
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Bing Crosby
plays Hank Martin

Rhonda Fleming
plays Alisande La Carteloise

Cedric Hardwicke
plays Lord Pendragon / King Arthur

William Bendix
plays Sir Sagramore

Murvyn Vye
plays Merlin

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The footage of the solar eclipse was taken during an actual eclipse.
Mark Twain got his idea for Hank Martin to use the eclipse for his benefit from Christopher Columbus. Columbus actually used an eclipse knowingly to perhaps alter history. Stranded in Jamaica in 1503, on his fourth voyage, Columbus and his crew were wearing out their welcome with the natives, who were feeding them. Columbus knew a lunar eclipse was coming, so he "predicted" the Moon's disappearance. The natives begged him to bring it back and, of course, he did, in due time.
Deanna Durbin', on the verge of retiring from the screen, turned down opportunities to costar with Bing Crosby in this film and his previous vehicle that year, Top o' the Morning (1949).
Movie Goof (revealing mistake): When Hank, Lady Alisande, King Arthur and Sir Sagramore are in the slave pen, Sir Sagramore grabs a guard and pulls him back against the bars. One of the heavy bars visibly flexes and then springs back, showing that it is made of rubber.

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